In terminology management, a termbase, or term base (a contraction of
terminology
Terminology is a group of specialized words and respective meanings in a particular field, and also the study of such terms and their use; the latter meaning is also known as terminology science. A ''term'' is a word, Compound (linguistics), com ...
and
database
In computing, a database is an organized collection of data or a type of data store based on the use of a database management system (DBMS), the software that interacts with end users, applications, and the database itself to capture and a ...
), is a database consisting of concept-oriented terminological entries (or ‘concepts’) and related information, usually in multilingual format. Entries may include any of the following additional information:
* a definition;
* source or context of the term;
* subject area, domain, or industry;
* grammatical information (verb, noun, etc.);
* notes;
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usage label (figurative, American English, formal, etc.);
* author (‘created by’),
* creation/modification date (‘created/modified at’);
* verification status (‘verified’ or ‘approved’ terms), and
* an ID.
A termbase allows for the systematic management of approved or verified terms and is a powerful tool for promoting consistency in terminology.
In computer science
In a broader sense, "term base" in computer science is used to designate any resource that provides terminology information. In addition to term bases in the terminological sense, this includes
knowledge graph
In knowledge representation and reasoning, a knowledge graph is a knowledge base that uses a Graph (discrete mathematics), graph-structured data model or topology to represent and operate on data. Knowledge graphs are often used to store interl ...
s and
ontologies
In information science, an ontology encompasses a representation, formal naming, and definitions of the categories, properties, and relations between the concepts, data, or entities that pertain to one, many, or all domains of discourse. More ...
.
See also
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Translation memory
A translation memory (TM) is a database that stores "segments", which can be sentences, paragraphs or sentence-like units (headings, titles or elements in a list) that have previously been translated, in order to aid human translators. The trans ...
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Glossary
A glossary (from , ''glossa''; language, speech, wording), also known as a vocabulary or clavis, is an alphabetical list of Term (language), terms in a particular domain of knowledge with the definitions for those terms. Traditionally, a gloss ...
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Dictionary
A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged Alphabetical order, alphabetically (or by Semitic root, consonantal root for Semitic languages or radical-and-stroke sorting, radical an ...
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Controlled vocabulary
A controlled vocabulary provides a way to organize knowledge for subsequent retrieval. Controlled vocabularies are used in subject indexing schemes, subject headings, thesauri, taxonomies and other knowledge organization systems. Controlled v ...
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Concordance (publishing)
A concordance is an alphabetical list of the principal words used in a book or body of work, listing every instance of each word with its immediate context (language use)#Verbal context, context. Historically, concordances have been compiled only ...
References
* Wright, Sue Ellen & Budin, Gerhard.
Handbook of terminology management (Volume 2): Application-oriented terminology management'. John Benjamins Publishing Company, 9 Mar 2001.
External links
Terminology Managementfrom th
SDL Translationzone.comwebsite
from th
Multiterm.comwebsite
What is a termbase?from th
WebWordSystemwebsite
Applied linguistics
Computer-assisted translation
Lexicography
Terminology
Translation
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